Thread: 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc

I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter

Originally Posted by Bernhard

I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter

\mathbb{R} gives etc.

Originally Posted by Bernhard

I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter

They are not "proper" symbols for these things, the proper symbols (if that has any meaning) are just bold R, Z, C ... What you are referring to are the "black board bold" symbols which are a type face which mimics how the standard bold characters are written on a black board. But then these seem to be more or less standard, and someone else has already told you how to generate them.

CB

\mathbf{R} gives . The "handwritten" version that looks like was just invented by those who were writing it to denote superbold font for the printers, so the superbold form is the most correct.

an amusing tale of a font modelled after a blackboard approximation of yet another font, that is slowly replacing the font it was once just a "stand-in" for. oh the back-biting backwaters of math symbolism!